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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Taib just does not want to make a decision about his successor. That is clear. No matter what he says or does. He is in a dilemma because he does not want to make the biggest mistake of his entire "career", one that could haunt him for the rest of his ever shortening life.

He has made many mistakes of course, although he pretends to know all and to be always right - the mere fact that nobody in PBB dares to dissent does not make it any right, even if this charade has kept him in power for so long. This is the evil power of deception and the politics of manipulation.

He knows who his successor should be and it is not anyone who is presently or has previously been in PBB (and that both includes as well as excludes his own son, Suleiman Abdul Rahman). However, he still hopes to deny reality.

If this were not the case surely it would be an easy matter for him to just decide who it should be from among the ranks of the present line-up of PBB. There is so much misplaced and misused talent there if he just wanted someone like himself to take over. What is so difficult about it, especially since he has known and worked with them for such a long time? However, Taib also knows that none of them would be good for Sarawak and that paradoxically is why he has kept them all out of the equation.

Not that he is or has been any better for Sarawak of course. They are all so scared of dissent that they have to manipulate the PBB party polls to ensure that there are no contests, thereby depriving their members the right - at the very least - to democratically elect their leaders. If they could do away with general elections they probably gladly would, but since they cannot they have devised other means of manipulation such as bribery and intimidation. Some semblance of democracy must after all be maintained.

Do you think that Taib doesn't know what he has done to Sarawak and what needs to be done to undo what he has done? He knows it better than anyone else. He knows that Sarawak needs reform and that there is no one in PBB capable of undertaking such reform, least of all himself. PBB, just like UMNO and the rest of the BN baggage train, is incapable of reform unless it is led by a real reformist-minded leader. There is none, not even pretenders.

Taib, more than anyone else in PBB, knows that it cannot be business as usual. If PBB tries to carry on with business as usual, even with Taib himself at the helm, that will be the end of PBB and Taib as well. As they say, the writing is on the wall.

Taib has deceived everyone, including members of his own party, that what he has been doing has been good and right for Sarawak, knowing that the opposite has been true. His dilemma now is how to undo all the damage without admitting his wrongs and wrongdoings. He knows that he will be remembered for the latter if he does not undertake the former or at the very least put someone in place to succeed him who can do it without succumbing to PBB's divisive, destructive and corrupt politics - largely caused by him.

Taib's successor may very well be rejected by the older echelon of PBB, who are in any event due for replacement, but with the younger generation with him he will have to ride the tiger and conquer it. Now is the time for Taib to be bold enough to put a successor in place who will do it for it is only by doing so that Taib will redeem himself. Will Taib be bold enough to admit and attempt to right his own wrongs? Does such a person exist in the whole of Sarawak?

If he does, you can be sure that Taib knows who that person is and what he (Taib) needs to do.

Anything else will lead to unmitigated disaster and an uncertain and bleak future for Sarawak and its people.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

and why Sarawak is today in the grip of the robber baron timber gang lords...

When the "Ming Court Affair" - a rebellion against Taib by members, both elected and non-elected, of his own coalition led by his own uncle, Tun Rahman - took place in March 1987, Taib had already been Chief Minister for 6 years.

In those 6 years, he had managed to antagonize these members by one-sidedly supporting and giving contracts and concessions to a new group of crony capitalists who were mostly Foochow Chinese, from or close to SUPP, and mainly involved in the timber and construction industries.

Ironically, it was his uncle who had started this trend, when to become Chief Minister in 1970 he had to depend on the support of SUPP and thereby thwart SNAP's attempt to come back to power in the state.

His uncle was in power for almost 12 years, but in 6 years Taib's group of cronies had almost closed the gap in terms of the timber concessions held by them as against those held by Rahman's cronies.

While Taib did benefit personally from arrangements with his group of cronies, by that time it is likely that he could not as yet match the money-power of his uncle's group of cronies. He also knew that the 1987 elections which he was forced to call because of the rebellion was going to be a very costly affair, with his uncle's group spending as much as they could to try and overthrow him, while he had to at least match their spending to defend himself and his cronies.

Partly to neutralize his opponents' money-power and also to gain access to the necessary funds for himself, he ordered the transfer of all state government funds out from Bank Utama which was then under the control of one of his uncle's cronies, Bidari, who was also PBB Treasurer.

This he was able to do with the kind assistance of his brother-in-law, Aziz Hussain, who then just happened to be the Assistant or Deputy State Financial Officer. In fact it was Aziz Hussain who inadvertently spilled the beans, unaware that he was talking to the Sarawak Headhunter at the time.

Taib then made a deal with 5 robber baron timber gang lords - if you don't know who they are, just look for the top 5 timber concession holders in Sarawak. The deal was that they would each pay him RM30 million if he won the elections. In return they would not only get to keep the concessions they already had but they would also be given many more - and Taib would also make much more, the RM30 million each just a small down-payment.

So Taib used RM150 million of state government money to fund his (and the BN's) election campaign. Money flowed like water on both sides, but it would appear that on Rahman's side much of the money did not get where it was supposed to go, so much so that after the elections, Nor Tahir's house in Satok was raided by the federal authorities who found and confiscated more than RM90 million in unaccounted for cash that had not been spent.

Yes, good folks of Sarawak, that's the illegally-earned money from your own natural resources, particularly timber, that they were using to bribe you to support them.

When the elections were over and Taib's group had won by a mere 4 seats, the RM150 million was immediately replaced and no one was any the wiser what Taib had done to survive the 1987 elections.

This is how Taib survived the 1987 elections and how at least 7 million hectares of timber concessions came to be controlled by Taib's family, henchmen and cronies (of which no less than 5 million hectares came under the dominion of the top 5 robber baron timber lords who had reimbursed Taib the state government money that he had used for the elections).

Elections in Sarawak and many other parts of Malaysia are nothing more than a mockery and subversion of democracy, until the people decide that they cannot be bribed with their own money to support and vote for their elected representatives to abuse their trust.

What is obvious is that UMNO will never learn to accept the non-Malays in Malaysia. Sarawak, with its majority non-Malay population, should GET OUT OF MALAYSIA, the sooner the better. Furthermore, the Sarawak Malays (other than those who are BN cronies) are not like the Malayan Malays.

I Know I'm A Gone Case

Taib's Tasteless Monstrosity Across The River ("TMATR")

The New Sarawak State Assembly Building - Symbol Of High & Mighty Corruption By Lowlife Representatives Of An Oppressed People

BN Buys Votes With The People's Own Money

Dear Sarawak Voters, You will receive money from Barisan National for your votes. Keep it and vote for Pakatan Rakyat!

Your Vote Counts!

Register As a Voter Today If You Want To See A Change In Government

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Your Future And That Of Your Children Is At Stake! Sarawakians For Sarawak!

Enough Bullshit!

TV Antara

Not Development But Theft!

Testimony of Penan Communities in Sarawak against Taib Mahmud's evil plan to dominate the state and exploit its resources for his own, his family's and their cronies' benefit: the "Politics of Development", which is actually the "Politics of Theft"

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The Untouchables

Rimbunan Hijau's World Of Forest Crimes And Political Patronage

David W Brown - http://www.geocities.com/ davidbrown_id/

Author of "Why Governments Fail to Capture Economic Rent: The Unofficial Appropriation of Rain Forest Rent by Rulers in Insular Southeast Asia Between 1970 and 1999"

Does Anybody Care?

Does Taib Mahmud & His Timber Towkay Cronies Care For The Penan?

Taib & His Timber Towkay Friends & Family Only Care For Money & Power

Sarawakians Want Economic & Business Reform!

No More Crony Capitalism! End Monopoly & Unethical Business Practices. Greater & Fairer Distribution of Business Opportunities. More Equitable Distribution of Wealth & State Resources. Bring Our Timber Wealth Back from Overseas. Undertake & Enforce Truly Sustainable Logging Practices. Create More Employment Opportunities in the State at Better Wages. Elimination of Poverty Irrespective of Race. No More Polluting or Dirty Industries. Businesses Must Be Environmentally Conscious.

Sarawakians Want Political Reform!

Justice & Equity, Freedom From Tyranny & Corruption! No More Divide & Rule! Better And Transparent Government. Limit the CM's Post to 2 Terms. Let Voters, Not Parties, Decide Whom They Want As CM. Check All Abuses of Govt Machinery. No More Vote Buying. End Political Party Control of the Mass Media. End Political Intimidation of the People.

Sarawakians Want Land Reform!

Development With Responsibility and Conservation for Future Generations. Amend the Land Law and Policy on NCR Land. Survey All NCR Lands and Issue Communal Titles. Let the NCR Landowners have More Say in the Development of NCR Lands. Curb Abuses by LCDA and other Government Bodies Acting in the Interests of Plantation Developers and not the NCR Landowners. Revise NCR Land Development Schemes for Greater Benefit to the NCR Landowners in Practice. No More Theft of Land for Private Interests Under the Guise of Public Purposes.

Sarawakians Want 80% Of Sarawak's Own Petroleum Revenues! And A 40% Share Of Petronas too!

When Taib Mahmud Is Gone!

Sarawakians Want an East-West Highway like this!

Make it a Freeway!

Shin Yang Bulldozer Overlooking Destruction of Yet Another NCR Land Area

They Bulldozed This Padi Farm Which The Natives Had Worked On For Generations

The Natives of Sarawak Don't Own The Land On Which They have Toiled With Their Blood, Sweat and Tears, But Taib's Rich Chinese Towkay Friends Can Come and Take It Anytime They Want

Taib's Crony Towkays Pay The Police To Evict NCR Landowners

No Land For the Poor in Taib's Sarawak, Only for His Rich Friends & Family

Paramilitary Police Attacking Iban NCR Landowners

On Behalf of Taib's Crony Towkays

Taib Mahmud Bears Full Responsibility for this Murder

So that His Towkay Friends Could Get Their Bloody Hands On Native (NCR) Lands.

Police Attack The Penans With Tear Gas On Behalf Of Their Timber Tycoon Masters

Dismantlement of a Penan logging road blockade near Long Ajeng (Ulu Baram) by riot police using tear gas on 29 September 1993. Due to the excessive use of force during the dismantlement, the Penan reported that 203 persons were injured. Three people died as a result of the police attack.

Monster of Housing

2nd Monster of Resource Mismanagement

Unspeakable Spikar of Taib's State Assembly

Iban Traitor

About Me

I am a member of the human race of Tanjung Melanau ancestry, descendant of Saweng and Adam. No, I do not advocate violence, merely reform. The gory title is only symbolic, as are the images below, but the mission is real, to bring about the downfall of BN and a change in the government of Sarawak for the betterment of all Sarawakians.
Email: altugauw@gmail.com

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Taib Mahmud's Email

To those who wish to say some last words to Taib Mahmud, please send your emails to: mahalanun@gmail.com. If you are lucky and he is in a good mood he may reply. Emails and replies may be considered for publication on Sarawak Headhunter's blog. Taib Mahmud's blog, Mahalanun, is in the process of being set up, but it may not be completed before he dies or is removed from office.

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Outright Bribery & Corruption By BN In Bagan Pinang

Sambutan Hari Raya Aidil Korupsi

UMNO Desperadoes Campaign In Army Camp

Don't they realize that all this can and will be used in court for an election petition if PAS loses?

No To Isa In Bagan Pinang

Bye bye, Pak Blah!

Just a Pity You were Sleeping on the Job and Didn't Get Around to doing What You had Promised to do.

Najib - Prime Monster

Can We Believe Anything This Guy Has To Say Either? He Is Going To Be Worse Than Pak Blah. STOP THIS MAN BEFORE THIS WHOLE COUNTRY IS RUINED!

What Kind Of Attorney-General Is This?

Rogue From Sabah - He doesn't even know that the JAC Bill requires amendments to the Federal Constitution & Consent of Sarawak & Sabah. In his hurry to support a corrupt regime, he has all the finesse of a bull in a china shop.

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Mahatma Gandhi on the Roots of Violence

The Roots of Violence:wealth without work,pleasure without conscience,knowledge without character,commerce without morality,science without humanity,worship without sacrifice,politics without principles.

Only after the last tree has been cut down;Only after the last fish has been caught;Only after the last river has been poisoned;Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten.- Cree Indian Prophecy